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It used to be on South Broad Street at Hartranft Street to the north of Pattison Avenue, above the naval base, around where the sports complex now stands. The South City Drive-In was opened June 2, 1950. By 1955 the South City Drive-In was operated by Charles Goldfine. It was later renamed South Philadelphia Drive-In and closed in 1966. Demolished soon after to make way for the stadiums.

Here is an interesting view fromn 1963. JFK Stadium is to the south. The drive-in is where Veterans Stadium was before it too was demolished. The Spectrum had not yet been built. http://tinyurl.com/ya85epj

It was demolished to make way for Veterans stadium the Phillies/Eagle stadium shich has since been demolished. It had a huge screen. I remember in 1966 they were playing Elvis Pressley Girl Girls Girls.

All references in Film Daily Yearbook and International Motion Picture Almanac call this South City Drive-In. The grand opening ad indicates it was called South City Drive-In. The signage in the photo uploaded on the photo page also points toward this drive-in being called South City.

I Know that in 64 it was the South Phila Drive In. I remember as it was the only time I was at the theater. It would be interesting to see fi someone can find when it changed names. To my knowledge it was operated by George Hamid who operated all the Atlantic City theaters and built the Stadium theater across the street which is now demolished.